August 14, 2023
Getting Started with Points Travel: Making It Easy with Dr. Stephanie Jones
Episode Description
If you’re currently in the early stages of your points journey, today’s episode is for you. We’ve spoken plenty about the more advanced stages of using credit card points for travel on the podcast. However, what’s it like to be in that first year of collecting reward points and trying to find the best deals and opportunities for points travel?
For this episode, I’m joined by Stephanie Jones. Stephanie is a physician and a mother of two girls. She has a lifelong love of travel and has always been the trip planner of the family. However, she has always operated on a strict budget, doing the most travel for the least amount of money. When she discovered points travel, an entirely new world of opportunities opened up.
Tune in this week to discover the realities of getting started navigating the world of points and miles. Stephanie is sharing how she removed the overwhelm from learning about points travel, the details of her first rewards trip, and everything she’s learned in the early stages of her points travel adventure. Even if you’re a seasoned points earner, there will be some fascinating stuff in here for you too because overwhelm can affect any of us as we move through the hobby of rewards travel.
What You’ll Learn from this Episode
- How Stephanie used to think about credit card points and airline status before discovering my program.
- The ways Stephanie’s approach to travel has changed in just seven months of her points journey.
- Stephanie’s tips for keeping things simple in the beginning.
- Why it’s so easy to become overwhelmed in the early stages of your points travel adventure.
- How to use focus as a method for avoiding overwhelm.
- Stephanie’s advice about positioning flights if you don’t live near a major international travel hub.
- My favorite simple points programs to get you started on your rewards travel journey.
- The results Stephanie was able to create when she focused on one airline and one hotel program.
- How Stephanie has leveraged her daily and occasional expenses to earn rewards points.
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- 7. Paying Your Taxes by Credit Card (Part 2)
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Point Me to First Class is the show for professionals and business owners with higher-than-average personal or business expenses, who want to learn to leverage these expenses into credit card points they can spend on travel.
Each week, I share valuable tips, tools, and strategies to help you uplevel your skills earning and redeeming credit card points, so you can expand your travel and expand your experiences.
